Author: Lavelle, Christine, author. Lavelle, Michael, author. Published: 2021 Call Number: 635.967 Format: Books Summary: A guide to the best plants to grow where, garden plans to suit your location, and natural gardening techniques for wildlife-friendly habitats. Lavelle shows how gardeners and wildlife can share the same space without conflict--and to mutual benefit. The vast majority of garden creatures will not damage plants or be a nuisance, and those that can often make a meal for larger creatures. In showing readers the best plants to grow where, and encouraging natural gardening techniques for wildlife-friendly habitats, Lavelle sets you on your first step in becoming a wildlife gardener. -- adapted from pages 6 and 9.
Author: Hamill, Michelle, author. McCarthy, Martina, author. Published: 2021 Call Number: 616.831 Format: Books Summary: There can be a lot of understandable fear and worry when a loved one receives a diagnosis of dementia. Whilst the stigma of dementia can be powerful it should not restrict a person from finding meaning and purpose in life. Psychologists Dr Michelle Hamill and Dr Martina McCarthy believe that a holistic and relationship-centered understanding of dementia can help to acknowledge the challenges of the condition, whilst enabling people to live with dignity. This book provides insights and ideas to improve quality of life for both you and your loved one, drawing on the experiences of people who are caring for a person with dementia from our services. Through the book you will: understand dementia and the symptoms and behaviours that people with dementia can present with; learn communication skills and strategies that can help when caring for a person with dementia; and explore compassion-based care, develop resilience and improve your wellbeing. Whilst every situation is unique, this book will give you the confidence and advice you need to help you support your loved one.
Author: Michaelis, David, 1957- author. Published: 2020 Call Number: B ROOSEVEL Format: Books Summary: Prizewinning bestselling author David Michaelis presents a breakthrough portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt, America's longest-serving First Lady, an avatar of democracy whose ever-expanding agency as diplomat, activist, and humanitarian made her one of the world's most widely admired and influential women.
Author: Hoover, Colleen, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: F HOOVER Format: Books Summary: "Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike. Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her own dreams on hold. Clara doesn't want to follow in her mother's footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn't have a spontaneous bone in her body. With warring personalities and conflicting goals, Morgan and Clara find it increasingly difficult to coexist. The only person who can bring peace to the household is Chris - Morgan's husband, Clara's father, and the family anchor. But that peace is shattered when Chris is involved in a tragic and questionable accident. The heartbreaking and long-lasting consequences will reach far beyond just Morgan and Clara. While struggling to rebuild everything that crashed around them, Morgan finds comfort in the last person she expects to, and Clara turns to the one boy she's been forbidden to see. With each passing day, new secrets, resentment, and misunderstandings make mother and daughter fall further apart. So far apart, it might be impossible for them to ever fall back together."--Publisher description.
Author: Johnson, Shawn, 1992- author. Sonnichsen, Amy, author. Published: 2017 2016 Call Number: Y JOHNSON Format: Books Summary: An elite teenaged gymnast with Olympic dreams finds it hard to train when a irresistible guy comes along and threatens to throw her whole world off balance. "Charlie Ryland has a secret. She may seem like your average high school sophomore--but she's just really good at pretending. Because outside of school Charlie spends all her waking hours training to become one of the best gymnasts on the planet. And it's not easy flying under the radar when you're aiming for Olympic gold . . . especially when an irresistible guy comes along and threatens to throw your whole world off balance." --Back cover
Author: Ward, Jesmyn author. Published: 2017 Call Number: F WARD Format: Books Summary: "A searing and profound Southern odyssey by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. In Jesmyn Ward's first novel since her National Book Award-winning Salvage the Bones, this singular American writer brings the archetypal road novel into rural twenty-first-century America. Drawing on Morrison and Faulkner, The Odyssey and the Old Testament, Ward gives us an epochal story, a journey through Mississippi's past and present that is both an intimate portrait of a family and an epic tale of hope and struggle. Ward is a major American writer, multiply awarded and universally lauded, and in Sing, Unburied, Sing she is at the height of her powers. Jojo and his toddler sister, Kayla, live with their grandparents, Mam and Pop, and the occasional presence of their drug-addicted mother, Leonie, on a farm on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Leonie is simultaneously tormented and comforted by visions of her dead brother, which only come to her when she's high; Mam is dying of cancer; and quiet, steady Pop tries to run the household and teach Jojo how to be a man. When the white father of Leonie's children is released from prison, she packs her kids and a friend into her car and sets out across the state for Parchman farm, the Mississippi State Penitentiary, on a journey rife with danger and promise. Sing, Unburied, Sing grapples with the ugly truths at the heart of the American story and the power, and limitations, of the bonds of family. Rich with Ward's distinctive, musical language, Sing, Unburied, Sing is a majestic new work and an essential contribution to American literature"--
Author: Alifirenka, Caitlin, author. Ganda, Martin, author. Welch, Liz, 1969- author. Published: 2016 2015 Call Number: 305.235 Format: Books Summary: It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place. All the other kids picked countries like France or Germany, but when Caitlin saw Zimbabwe written on the board, it sounded like the most exotic place she had ever heard of -- so she chose it. Martin was lucky to even receive a pen pal letter. There were only ten letters, and forty kids in his class. But he was the top student, so he got the first one. That letter was the beginning of a correspondence that spanned six years and changed two lives.
Author: Brown, Brené author. Published: 2015 Call Number: 158 BROWN Format: Books Summary: "The physics of vulnerability is simple: If we are brave enough often enough, we will fall. The author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Daring Greatly and The Gifts of Imperfection tells us what it takes to get back up, and how owning our stories of disappointment, failure, and heartbreak gives us the power to write a daring new ending. Struggle, Brene Brown writes, can be our greatest call to courage, and rising strong our clearest path to a wholehearted life"-- "With her 2010 TED talk on the power of vulnerability (over 18 million views), her bestselling books on the transformative gifts of shame and vulnerability, and her inspiring call for wholehearted living, Brene Brown has changed the cultural conversation. Her work has been embraced by Oprah Winfrey and corporate leaders alike making her a highly sought after public speaker. For Brene, the conversation about vulnerability and shame naturally evolves into a discussion of bravery--its origins, its catalysts, its chemistry. How we are brave. What constitutes bravery. What activates the impulse to be brave. And how to recognize where our own "hero's journey" begins--in the depths of failure, disappointment, heartbreak, and grief--and how, once we grapple with our story, we are able to rise from those depths and determine how we want our story will end"--
Author: Campbell, LeAnne Published: 2013 Call Number: 641.5636 CAMPBELL Format: Books Summary: This cookbook written by the daughter of China Study author T. Colin Campbell features delicious, easily prepared plant-based recipes with no added fat and minimal sugar and salt that promote optimal health.
Author: Hoover, Colleen author. Published: 2013 Call Number: F HOOVER Format: Books Summary: Colleen Hoovers New York Times bestselling Slammed series has brought countless readers to their knees with a whirlwind of love passion and heartache. Layken and Wills love has managed to withstand the toughest of circumstances and the young lovers now married are beginning to feel safe and secure in their union. As much as Layken relishes their new life together she finds herself wanting to know everything there is to know about her husband even though Will makes it clear he prefers to keep the painful memories of the past where they belong. Still he cant resist his wifes pleas and so he begins to untangle his side of the story revealing for the first time his most intimate feelings and thoughts retelling both the good and bad moments and sharing a few shocking confessions of his own from the time when they first met.
Author: Zwillenberg, Elias, author. Published: 2010 Call Number: NJC 133.109 ZWILLENB Format: Books Summary: Explore legends, myths, ghost stories, and haunted locations that have kept New Jerseyans awake at night for generations. From the famous Jersey Devil to the nearly-lost-to-time Paulins Kill Viaduct troll, get ready for a feast for your soul.
Author: Hill, Joe, author. Golden, Christopher, author of introduction, etc. Published: 2008 2005 Call Number: F HILL Format: Books Summary: A compilation of short fiction includes the tales of Imogene, the legendary ghost of the Rosebud theater, and Francis, an unhappy, hopeless human turned giant locust seeking revenge on his Nevada hometown.
Author: Abbott, Jeff, author. Published: 2022 Call Number: F ABBOTT Format: Books Summary: "Ten years since the events of The First Order, Sam Capra (focused more on being a suburban dad and a businessman than a "spy on call") has moved his son Daniel to Austin, and continued to run his collection of bars and nightclubs around the world. He's had no contact with his former partner Mila, or anyone he worked with at the now disbanded independent espionage group, The Round Table. One day, he gets a phone call he never expected: Marcus Bolt is missing. Bolt was the last American traitor, who had turned over allied agent names and military secrets to the Russians. He fled when he was discovered, but now a trusted source inside Russia tells the CIA that Marcus Bolt has vanished from Moscow-a shattering development that sparks an international manhunt. Sam is charged with making contact with Bolt's abandoned American daughter, Amanda, determining if she's had any contact with her father, and discovering the reason behind what he did thirty years ago and determine what he's planning now. And in the unlikely event Marcus shows up: capture him. But as the hunt for Bolt narrows, Daniel is captured, and Sam, working with his former partner Mila, must save both from a rising threat born of long ago secrets-one that could change his life forever"--
Author: DiSorbo, Dan, author. Christiansen, Erik (Photographer), photographer. Published: 2022 Call Number: 663.42 Format: Books Summary: "The first fully illustrated guidebook for craft beer drinkers, pairing hyper-detailed photography with profiles of fifty of today's most sought-after hop varieties"-- Hops are the most important ingredient in the beer we love, offering a spectrum of distinct aromas, flavors, and bitterness. Whether it's a floral Cascade, spicy Saaz, juicy Citra, or a combination of different varieties, hop character has become the driving force behind craft brewing. The Book of Hops profiles fifty of the most sought-after hops from around the world, with intricate photography and notes on taste, composition, use, and origin, plus examples of the wonderful beers that showcase them. With contributions from today's most important brewers and growers; a handy primer that breaks down the science, story, and production of beer; and hand-picked craft beer recommendations throughout, this fully illustrated guidebook is all you need to discover and fully savor your next favorite brew.
Author: Bilby, Joseph G., author. Ziegler, Harry F., author. Published: 2022 Call Number: 974.9 Format: Books Summary: Discover sensational personalities from throughout Garden State History. New Jersey has long punched above its size in producing some of America's leading figures, but for every household name are dozens of unforgettable yet overlooked colorful characters. Jersey City's treasurer, Alexander D. Hamilton, fled the state in 1894 with over one hundred thousand dollars and was apprehended by a Jersey City police sergeant after a stint with a band of outlaws in Mexico. Mary Teresa Norton overcame prejudice to be elected the first woman from the state to serve in Congress, becoming a powerful chair of three Congressional Committees over five terms. Infamous Newark Gangster Abner "Longie" Zwillmann ran gambling circles, labor rackets and prostitution rings while hobnobbing with Joe DiMaggio and stuffing ballot boxes for local politicians. Joseph Bilby and Harry Ziegler present profiles of memorable characters from the Garden State.
Author: Gray, Ayana, author. Published: 2022 Call Number: Y GRAY Format: Books Summary: Now separated, sixteen-year-old indentured beastkeeper Koffi and seventeen-year-old warrior candidate Ekon will have to find their way back to each other as they face off against the god of death. "Now a prisoner of Fedu, the cunning god of death, Koffi is trapped in his domain, a strange place called Thornkeep, where she's forced to hone her newfound powers to help him remake the world. But secrets haunt the shadowed halls of Fedu's home and linger within the eerie Mistwood that surrounds its borders and acts as prison walls. Koffi gathers allies among the other darajas imprisoned at Thornkeep to unearth these secrets and make a plan to escape." --Front jacket flap
Author: Toriyama, Akira, 1955- author. Toyotar?. artist. Aizawa, Toshikazu, translator. Published: 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 Call Number: Y PB TORIYAMA V.1 Format: Books Summary: Ever since Goku became Earth's greatest hero and gathered the seven Dragon Balls to defeat the evil Boo, his life on Earth has grown a little dull. But new threats loom overhead, and Goku and his friends will have to defend the planet once again in this continuation of Akira Toriyama's best-selling series, Dragon Ball!
Author: Nix, David, author. Published: 2022 Call Number: PB NIX Format: Books Summary: "Since reluctantly accepting the marshal's job at South Pass City, Jake's life has become an unending run of solving other people's problems. When outlaw boss Dutch van Zandt and his ruthless band mount a campaign of mayhem in Jake's corner of the Wyoming Territory, Jake learns that Lucien Ashley, his persistent adversary, may be aiding the criminals to expand his burgeoning cattle fortune. The fact that Lucien is the brother of Rosalyn, a woman Jake admires, complicates matters. Determined to thwart van Zandt and Lucien, Jake recruits a posse of old friends and former platoon mates that puts the outlaw gang on the run. When Lucien betrays van Zandt, the outlaw leader loots Jake's town and takes Rosalyn and four children captive. With friends few and enemies in abundance, Jake must thread a harrowing needle to run down van Zandt in the rugged Wyoming wilderness and save Rosalyn and the children without ending up in a shallow grave." --Provided by Publisher.
Author: McNally, Jo, author. McNally, Jo. Lost in love. Published: 2022 Call Number: PB MCNALLY Format: Books Summary: Between her business, her recent divorce and her teenage daughter who needs her right now, Zoey Hartford has her hands full. Thank goodness she has her best friend, Mike McKinnon, to keep her laughing. Zoey and Mike have gone through everything together--from chemistry class to heartbreak. They would never risk their friendship...until one unexpected but sizzling night changes everything. Mike is torn. Funny, down-to-earth Zoey in her flannel shirts and messy ponytail always seems so in control...until she melts into his arms. But he won't come between Zoey and her daughter. They'll just keep it casual. No drama. No feelings. No messiness. What could go wrong? But the meddling, matchmaking book club won't be denied. They may not have set them up, but they recognize a perfect match when they see one. And they're determined to help Zoey see what's been right in front of her for so long... Bonus story Lost in love: Single mom Andrea will do anything to make the fall festival a success...even ask the town bad boy for his help.
Author: Ashford, Jane, author. Published: 2022 Call Number: PB ASHFORD Format: Books Summary: After rescuing Kenver Pendrennon, heir of an earl, and spending the night at sea, they must be married to keep a scandal at bay, but with their family opinions growing louder, they will need to lean on each other or risk losing the love that's growing between them. Sarah Moran's attempt to save the future earl Kenver Pendrennon as he slips off the Cornwall cliffs plunges them both into scandal. Now, marriage may be the only option to save their reputations. But what started as a terrible mistake may be exactly what they need most...
